Planter.



No; 641,788. Patented Ian. 23, I900. W. J. MGCLUBLSR. & W. C. MGCLURE.

P L A N T E R.

(-Appncahion filed Sept. 2, 1899.)

(No Mudel.)

NTTED STATES PATENT Gr mes.

WILLIAM J. MOOLURE, SR, AND WARREN O. MCCLURE, OF SIIUQUALAK,MISSISSIPPI.

PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,788: dated January23, 1900-.

Application filed September 2, 1899. Serial No. 729,341. (No'modelb' ToaZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that we,WILLrAM J.I\ICCLURE, Sin, and WVARREN QMGOLURE,residents of Shuqualak, in the county of Noxubee and State ofMississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPlanters; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to an improvement in cotton-seed planters, oneobject of the invention being to so construct a planter that it willoperate eftectuallyin rough,cloddy,waxy, sticky, or wet or soft soil aswell as in loose and dry soil.

A further object is to provide a planter which will be extremely simplein construction, cheap to manufacture, neat in appearance, and mosteffectual when in operation.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, aswill be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of ourimproved planter. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of the feeder. Fig.3 is an enlarged detail view of the rimless wheel. Fig. 4 is a detachedview showin g the means for mounting the rimless wheel; and Fig. 5 is anenlarged view, partly in section, showing the seedbox and mechanismtherein.

A represents a beam composed, preferably, of metal and comprising twoparallel sections 1 1, joined together at their forward ends, as shown,and provided with a suitable clevis 2 for attachment to a draft-animal.ends of the sections 1 l terminate in downwardly-curved standards 2 2,provided with suitable teeth 3for covering the seed. The sections 1 1are provided near theirforward ends with downwardly-projecting brackets4 4, in which a crank-shaft 5 is mounted, and to said shaft a rimlesswheel 6 is secured. The wheel 6 is disposed centrally between thebrackets 4 4. and projects upward between the sections 1 1, as clearlyshown in Fig. 1. The shaft 5 is connected with an oscillatingcrank-shaft The rear.

to oscillate the shaft 7 and cause a seriesof.

feeder-fingers l0, projecting from a block l1,

adjustably connected to the shaft 7, to feed the seed. The shaft 7 alsocarries an agitator-arm 12, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. The seedbox Sissupported on the sections 1 1 and is provided with an outlet-spout 13,disposed between said sections, and is made with a longitudinal slot 14above said spout. A false bottom 15 is disposed in said box 8 and ismade, preferably, concave both longitudinally and tranversely to guidethe seed to the slot 14, through which the fingers 10 oscillate, and afeed-regulator 16 is disposed between said false bottom and the bottomof the box. The feed-regulator comprises a strip conforming in shape tothe contour of the bottom of the box, as shown at 17, Fig. 5. A cam 18is pivoted to said box and is adapted to be turned by any suitable means(not shown) to move the regulator and adjust the size of the slot, andhence the feed of the seed orrgrain.

A furrow-opener 19 is connected with the beam A in advance of the box 8and is provided with suitable braces 20 to securely hold the same inplace. Suitable handles 21 are secured on the seedbox 8 to guide theplanter.

Various slight changes might be resorted to in the general form andarrangement of the several parts described without departing from thespirit andscope of our invention, and hence we would have it understoodthat we do not wish to limit ourselves to the precise details set forth,but consider ourselves at liberty to make such slight changes andalterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of ourinvention.-

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a planter, the combination witha beam having furrow-coverers at the rear end, a furrow-opener inadvance of said coverers, a

crank-shaft mounted in bearings depending.

from the beam in advance of the furrowopener, and a rimless wheelsecured to said crank-shaft, of a seedbox mounted on the beam betweenthe furrow opener and coverers, said box having a fixed slotted bottom,a

false bottom above the fixed bottom and having a slot therein, a valvepivoted to the inner face of the box and projecting into the spacebetween the two bottoms so as to regulate the width of the slotstherein, a crankshaft mounted in the box, fingers projecting from saidshaft and arranged to project through the'slots in said bottoms, and apitman connecting the crank-shaft in the box with the crank-shaft towhich the rimless wheel is secured.

2. In a planter, the combination with a beam comprising two parallelmembers connected together at their forward ends, the rear end of eachof said members bent downwardly to form rigid standards, a tooth securedto the lower end of each standard, a standard disposed between theparallel members of the beam in advance of the parallel standards andprovided at its lower end with a tooth, a seedbox supported upon theparallel members of I the beam and having a spout depending between theparallel standards and said forward standard, a slotted bottom in saidseedbox, a false bottom in the seedbox and having an elongated slottherein, a Valve projecting between said bottom and false bottom, acrankshaft mounted in the seedbox, arms on said shaft adapted to projectthrough the slots in said bottoms, a crank-shaft mounted in bearingsdepending from the members of the beam in advance of the seedbox, arimless Wheel secured to said shaft, and a pitman connecting saidcrank-shafts.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM J. MCOLURE, SR. WARREN C. MOOLURE. Witnesses:

W. CLEARMAN, R. C. (Jones.

